Art and Museums
Secrets of the Silk Road
With graceful eyelashes, long flaxen hair and serene expression, the "Beauty of Xiaohe" seems to have just softly fallen to sleep — yet she last closed her eyes nearly 4,000 years ago. She was found in 2003, one of hundreds of spectacularly preserved mummies buried in China's vast Tarim Basin more »
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera Since 1870
Photography has been central to voyeuristic looking since 1871, when the gelatin dry plate was invented;cameras could be secreted in books, clothing, shoes, pistols, or canes. "Detective cameras" were advertised as harmless amusements for amateurs, but the public found them troubling, raising concerns about privacy that remain valid more »
A Close Look at Art in All the Right Places
Works of art included in the project range from Botticelli’s 'Birth of Venus' to Chris Ofili’s 'No Woman, No Cry', Cezanne’s post impressionist works to Byzantine iconography. From the ceilings of Versailles to ancient Egyptian temples, a collection of Whistlers to Rembrandts all over the globe. In total, 486 artists from around the world have been included more »
The Shakespeare Portrait Question at the Morgan; Battle of Wills Documentary
When the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust unveiled a portrait with strong claims to be the only surviving contemporary likeness of Shakespeare, it created an international stir. But wait, there's another claim about a 1603 portrait created by an ancestor who was a bit actor in Shakespeare’s troupe more »